India has been making headlines with its purported censorship plans, despite the government’s repeated claims that it has no intention to censor social media. Despite these reassurances, Indian ISPs have gone ahead and blocked a slew of other sites including Vimeo, The Pirate Bay and others. Anonymous has pointed to these clampdowns in particular as the reason behind the attack:

The move to set up local servers would give the Indian government the ability to scan and regulate content posted on these sites.

Google and Facebook are also still facing legal action in India over what was regarded as a slow response to removing content the government objected to.

While a trial is scheduled to take place on May 23, Facebook and Google’s petition has been adjourned until August. Indian executives of these companies could be facing fines or jail time as a result of the case.